Corolla spectabilis
Species of gastropod
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Corolla spectabilis, common name: spectacular corolla, is a species of sea butterfly, a floating and swimming sea snail in the family Cymbuliidae.[1]
| Spectacular corolla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Euopisthobranchia |
| Order: | Pteropoda |
| Family: | Cymbuliidae |
| Genus: | Corolla |
| Species: | C. spectabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Corolla spectabilis (Dall, 1871) | |
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Distribution
This species is oceanic and has been recorded in European waters, the Gulf of Mexico, and off the coast of Florida, California, Bermuda, Venezuela and Brazil.
Description
The overall length of adults of this sea butterfly is 40 millimetres (1.6 in).
